Has anyone's boss spoken to you about missing too many days due to kid's snow closings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, does your employee stay late sometimes to help finish projects? Work the occasional weekend?
If so, not sure what the issue is other than you need to work with her to get caught up.
If she is a clock puncher, I'd give a first warning at this point.

No, she leaves at 5pm on the dot. She has never worked an evening or weekend. That is why it is hard for her to catch up. We have other employees (myself included) who take time off for various reasons not child related who still manage to get the work done. None of us have taken time off during this busy season. I have trips planned in both March and April and planning for it accordingly.

Is the employee taking accrued paid time off, or LWOP, or something else? Does she have set office hours, or are her work hours flexible? Most offices clarify ahead of time whether weekend and after hours work is required, and if so, the compensation reflects that (in the salary, or overtime pay, or some sort of comp time arrangement). Without clear policies on stuff like this, your office is opening itself up to an HR nightmare.

[Anonymous]

I agree that OP is being picked on.

I think this is very simple. I think its more than generous to have a policy that grants paid leave for when OPM is closed - any other time off needs to be PTO, and once it is gone it is gone. If the employee is salaried, she should be expected to make up the the work as needed in order to meet her deadlines, and to the extent possible should be allowed to do this from home when there are extraordinary circumstances (like massive snowstorms). If she can't meet her deadlines, she can't keep her job. If the employee is non-salaried, she only gets paid for the hours she works, and once she runs through leave she not only does not get paid she also runs the risk of being fired for being unavailable to do her job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that OP is being picked on.

I think this is very simple. I think its more than generous to have a policy that grants paid leave for when OPM is closed - any other time off needs to be PTO, and once it is gone it is gone. If the employee is salaried, she should be expected to make up the the work as needed in order to meet her deadlines, and to the extent possible should be allowed to do this from home when there are extraordinary circumstances (like massive snowstorms). If she can't meet her deadlines, she can't keep her job. If the employee is non-salaried, she only gets paid for the hours she works, and once she runs through leave she not only does not get paid she also runs the risk of being fired for being unavailable to do her job.

I couldn't agree with this more than 100%. The issue it seems is that she is not completing her work. She is paid to get work done and there is a problem if she cannot finish her work

[Anonymous]

This is what is fucked up with our culture. Fuck it. Does she do her job? Is she a good employee. I have a kid now, and I don't want special treatment, but damn. I am sure I would make some arrangements, but this may be her only option. Does she have vacation or is it unpaid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what is fucked up with our culture. Fuck it. Does she do her job? Is she a good employee. I have a kid now, and I don't want special treatment, but damn. I am sure I would make some arrangements, but this may be her only option. Does she have vacation or is it unpaid?

If you had bothered to even read the thread, OP has always been quite clear that this employee is NOT doing her job as she's been missing very important deadlines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what is fucked up with our culture. Fuck it. Does she do her job? Is she a good employee. I have a kid now, and I don't want special treatment, but damn. I am sure I would make some arrangements, but this may be her only option. Does she have vacation or is it unpaid?

So maybe this person isn't making it up - but for those of us who do I agree wholeheartedly with this comment. It is hard having kids here, backup care is very expensive and many of us already live check to check until we are completely out of daycare (yes we should have planned better, only had one child, live elsewhere, rent a smaller house, reduce our expenses blah blah blah DCUM). A minimum charge for 1 day of backup is $60 if you can even find it.

[Anonymous]

This mom is likely very stressed out about the leave she is taking.